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S. S. KIMBALL. STREET GAR FENDER.

No. 535,763. YPatented Mar. 12, 18915.

3512*. @Hoznm STEPHEN S. KIMBALL, OF MONTREAL, CANADA.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming partV of Letters Patent N0. 535,763, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed August 4, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.- i

Be it known that I, STEPHEN SMITH KIM- BALL, of the city of Montreal, inthe district of Montreal and Province of Quebec, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Street-Cars; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same.

This invention relates to the pivoted fenders or guards located at theend or ends of a car and adapted to be lowered to receive anyobstruction in case of accident and the invention has for its object torender the same automatically adjustable from an elevated position to alower one in the event of its forward end striking any obstruction, thusavoiding any absolute necessity for action on the part of the motormanalthough means are preferably provided whereby he can raise and lowerthe fender at will.

The invention consists in a receiver or guard composed of a rectangularframe with wire mesh or other filling, having its inner end pivoted tostandards at the end of the car, and its outer end held normallyelevated by movable supports in the form of rocker arms adapted to beoperated automatically through a projecting trip or feeler extendingforward of the guard.

For full comprehension however of the invention, reference must behadtothe annexed drawings forminga part of this specification, in whichlike symbols indicate corresponding parts and wherein- Figure l is aplan view of the fender with sufficient of the car platform to show itsattachment thereto and Fig. 2 a side elevation with aportion of dasherand supporting frame broken away.

a d are the usual sills beneath the car platform and to these arepreferably bolted the standards b b usually made in the bent form shownin order to secure as low a point of attachment as possible and in rearof the front of the car platform for movable supports preferably in theform of rocker arms or bell crank levers o c rigidly mounted on a shaftc eX- tending between and having bearings in the inner portions of thestandards.

The guard or fender proper in this case has a rigid frame bar cl curvedupward at its inner ends, and pivoted at e to the outer up`- Seria? No.519,508. (No model.)

wardly projecting portions of the standards b, the filling beingcomposed of wire mesh netting or other desirable material. One, thesupporting, arm of each of the lever supports c o is notched at its endto form a seat for the side portions of the frame bar d of the guard andtheframe bar itself is preferably bent as at d2 to present a shoulderwhich serves to locate this supporting arm of the lever support inproper position to maintain the guard in its normal position, as shownin full lines Fig. 2. The other arm of each of the lever supports ispreferably made somewhat heavier to act as a counterbalance tending tothrow the supporting arm upward and attached to these actuating arms, asthey may be called,

are the ends of a rodfbent so as to extend across the front of the guardand turn inward along the sides of the same, suitable eyes f beingprovided on such sides to support it.

This rod, when the guard and its supports are in the normally elevatedposition shown in full lines Fig. 2, is projected somewhat beyond thefront edge of the guard and acts as a trip or feeler which, upon cominginto contact with any obstruction is driven inward and throws the leversupports to the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, lowering theVsupporting arms of same and consequently allowing the front end of theguard to drop to the position indicated by dotted lines also.

The front portion of the feeler or trip is preferably covered with`rubber cushioning, for obvious reasons and a pair of light chains orother connections g, g, leading from the upper ends of the standards b btothe outer corners of the guard serve t0 limit the downward fall of theguard and to support it with any body that might be thrown upon it.

In order that the motorman may raise and lower the guard at will I set ashort cross piece 7L rigidly upon the shaft o carrying the movablesupports c c for the guard, and from the opposite ends of this crosspiece pins hjhz project up through openings in the car platform so thatthe motorman by depressing the pin h2 with his feet can rock the shaft cand lower the supports, thus allowing the guard to fall, 0r, by pressingupon the pin h rotate the shaft in the opposite direction and raise thesupports and so elevate the guard.

What I claim is as follows:

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1. In a car fender, the combination with suitable standards at the endof the car, of a guard composed of a rectangular frame, with Wire meshlling, pivoted at its inner end to said standards, a shaft extendingbetween said standards and movable supports in the form of rocker armsor levers rigidly mounted on said shaft by which said guard is normallyelevated, with a trip or feeler connected. with said shaft to operatesaid supports and extending forward of said guard for the purpose setforth. v

2. In a car fender the combination with th sills or framework of a car,of standards secured at the ends thereof, a guard composed of arectangular frame with Wire mesh fill;

ing, pvotally connected with said standards; a shaft extending betweensaid standards; rocker arms or levers rigidly mounted on said shaft andadapted to support said guard; a trip rod o r feeler extending forwardof the guard and having inner ends connected with said rocker arms; andmeans, carried by said shaft, whereby the motorman can partially rotatethe same for the purpose set forth.

Montreal, 25th day of July, 1894.

STEPHEN S. KIMBALL. In presence off- OWEN N. EVANS, WILL. P. MGFEAT.

